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Thorodin

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2,459 posts

163 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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Hi folks, can anyone help solve a family query please? The old Woolworths had an in-house name for some products that began with a 'W'. Can somebody remember it? White...something? Driving us mad.

sc0tt

18,296 posts

231 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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Winfield

boxst

3,806 posts

175 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1960s-ownbrands....

Edit: unbelievably beaten to it -- at least two people bored this afternoon then!

sc0tt

18,296 posts

231 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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Longer to type the thread than use google.

sc0tt

18,296 posts

231 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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boxst said:
http://www.woolworthsmuseum.co.uk/1960s-ownbrands....

Edit: unbelievably beaten to it -- at least two people bored this afternoon then!
Nasty hangover hehe

55palfers

6,384 posts

194 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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F W Woolworth.

Frank Winfield Woolworth


Used to be a Saturday lad in the Selly Oak branch in 1970

Thirty shillings a day. (£1.50)


Thorodin

Original Poster:

2,459 posts

163 months

Saturday 25th March 2017
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I'm extremely obliged.
Despite losing the family argument.
Again.